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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 05/13/2010 - 13:09.

Charles Schumer tells (or told) a long joke about how someone told him how gratified she felt, seeing, from the House Gallery, that he was such a proud and observant Jew that he would go so far as to keep his head covered on the Floor. Schumer says he replied, while bowing to show the top of his head, "Madam, thank you very much, but this is not a yarmulke. It is a bald spot."